Museum and Heritage Education

Teacher(s)

Maheu François;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Main themes

The course deals with specific problems connected with planning, designing, implementation and evaluation of Cultural and Education Departments in Art Museums and on Heritage Sites. After analyzes and debates on learning methods observed in situ, the Students get familiar with key issues of the function and experience of Cultural Educator.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	After the Course, Students are able to: - Decode the issues of Museum and Heritage Education, - Observe and comment different practices in cultural Education, - Decode various Museum Education practices, - Identify the main leading characteristics (draughts) of the learning strategies developed by learners in Art Museums, - Discuss and valuate the program of active Cultural Education for a specific audience.

Content

- Sociological, cultural and organisational approach to different methodologies of museum and heritage mediation: issues and perspectives.
- Approach to the cognitive, communicational, relational and social modalities of learners.
- Approach of original methods and methodological tools.
- Approach of different audiences (children, adolescents, young adults, adults, families etc.) in learning.
All of these modalities could be adapted and/or transposed to long distance learning according to sanitory developments.

Teaching methods

Lectures alternate with observation sessions and meetings with resource persons from the institutions. Students are invited to prepare certain sessions by reading articles from the reading portfolio. A privileged collaboration has been established with the educational department of the Louvain-la-Neuve Museum.
All of these modalities could be adapted and/or transposed to long distance learning according to sanitory developments.

Evaluation methods

Active participation in the course and submission of written work.
Where appropriate, any appropriate assessment arrangements will be put in place.
All of these modalities could be adapted and/or transposed to long distance learning according to sanitory developments.

Online resources

All useful documents are available on Moodle.

Teaching materials

• Les Powerpoints du cours sont disponibles sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

EHAC